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On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
The Civil Rights Division has become a twisted shadow of its former self in Bill Barr's dystopian Justice Department.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen criticizes the current state of the Civil Rights Division under Bill Barr.

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